156 TURDIDiE. 



4. Peg-u, 28th May {E. TV. 0.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 5tli Jime {E. W. O.). Gates Coll. 

 4. Meplay, Tenasserim, 10th April Hume Coll. 



{C. T. Biiujham). 



2. Tavoy, Teuasseiim (J. Barling). Hume Coll. 



1. Tavoy, 17th April (J. D.). Hume Coll. 



4. Tavoy, 17th April {J. D.). Hume Cull. 



Cittocincla luzoniensis (Kittl.). 



(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



Cittocincla luzoniensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 91 (188.3) ; 

 Grant ^ TFJiitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 239, pi. vi. fig. 4 ; Sharjje, Hand-l. 

 iv. p. 162 (1903). 



In the Collection are two pairs of the eggs of the Philippine 

 Shama; they are not separable from those of the Indian species. 

 Tliey measure respectively: '8 by '6; -81 by "6 ; -89 by -61; 

 •9 by 61. 



2. Engaiio, N.E. Luzon, 27th April. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.J. 

 2. Engauo, 26th May. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus COSSYPHA, Vlg. 

 Cossypha caffra {Linn.). 



Cossyph acaffra, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 224 (1875-84) ; 

 id. Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 39 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 51 (1899) ; Stark Sf Sciater, Fauna 8. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 213 

 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 163 (1903). 



The eggs of the Cape Chat-Thrush, or Cape " Eobin," are of a 

 long oval shape and moderately glossy. They are buff or cream- 

 coloured, mottled and clouded with dull pale rufous, chiefly at the 

 broad end, where a large cap is often formed by the markings. 

 They measure from -9 to 10 in length, and from '62 to "7 in breadth. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



5. South Africa {E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Transvaal ( T. Ayres : Tristram Coll.). Ciowlev Bequest. 



2. De Wet's Farm, 2nd Oct. Capt. \t. E. H. Barrett- 



Hamilton [P.]. 

 2. Cape Colony ( T. Atmore : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Genus PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS, Sharpe. 

 Pseudocossyphus sharpei (Gray). 



Cossypha sharpei, Milne-Edicards ^- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 

 Ois. i. p. 369 (1879) ; Coiuan, Proc. It. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 148 

 (1882J. 



Pseudocossyphus sharpii, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. vii. p. 22 (1883). 



Pseudocossyphus sharpei, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 166 (1903). 



As with the eggs of Moussier's lledstart, already described (p. 142), 



